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Tweet Evgeni Vakov and Zuzanna Marciniak bring you all the action from day seven of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games. Dom Parsons won Britain’s first medal of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games taking bronze in the men’s skeleton. If you have just woken up 🌅 we’re pleased to say that @domparsons has secured Team GB’s first medal with 🥉 in the skeleton! Make sure you check out the highlights on @BBCSport or @Eurosport_UK #WeAreTheGreat 🇬🇧 pic.twitter.com/FTeXFHnACB — Team GB (@TeamGB) February 16, 2018 The race however was all…

Tweet Evgeni Vakov and Zuzanna Marciniak bring you all the action from day five of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games. Shaun White won the United States’ 100 gold medal from the Winter Olympic Games. White won the men’s snowboard halfpipe for a third time in his career following triumphs in Turin 2006 and Vancouver 2010. Silver went to Japan’s Ayumu Hirano, who was leading following the seconds runs with 95.25 points, but a near perfect run by the American gave him a score of 97.75 point in the third…

Tweet Evgeni Vakov and Zuzanna Marciniak bring you all the action on day three of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics. Great Britain’s medal favourite Aimee Fuller ended up 17th after suffering a heavy crash on her second run due to heavy wind during the women’s snowboard slopestyle. Jamie Anderson from the United States retained the gold she won in Sochi four years ago, silver went to Canada’s Laurie Blouin and bronze to Finland’s Enni Rukajarvi. Canada added first gold to their medal tally, after winning the figure skating team event….

Tweet Evgeni Vakov and Zuzanna Marciniak bring you all the action on day one of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics. It took South Korea less than 24 hours to win their first gold medal at the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics when Lim Hyojun won the men’s 1 500m short track speed skating event by 86cm. World record holder Sjinkie Knegt from the Netherlands took silver with Olympic Athlete from Russia Semen Elistratov in finished in third. The Netherlands continued their speed skating dominance from Sochi four years ago, occupying the podium…

Tweet The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has decided to ban Russia from participation in next year’s Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, following the doping scandal from Sochi 2014. Furthermore, the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) was ordered to pay £15 million fine. Although, ROC has been suspended, clean Russian athletes will be allowed to compete at the Olympics under a neutral flag and anthem. The decision was revealed on Tuesday, December 5, in Switzerland by the head of the IOC Thomas Bach, after 17 months of investigation. ‘’This was an unprecedented attack…

Tweet Chung Hyeon won the inaugural Next Gen ATP Finals in Milan after defeating Russia’s Andrey Rublev 3-4(5), 4-3(2), 4-2, 4-2 in the final on Saturday. Top-seeded Rublev lost his cool in the second set and was unable to stop Chung from claiming the title. The South Korean showed some of his best tennis, not only in the final but during the whole tournament, winning all of his matches. He reached the final after his win against the other Russian, seventh-seeded Daniil Medvedev in the first semi final on Friday. Rublev…

Sport

Tweet Evgeni Vakov and Zuzanna Marciniak bring you all the action from day eight of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games. Great Britain’s Lizzy Yarnolds became the first ever women to defend her Olympic skeleton title after edging out German Jacqueline Loelling by 0.45 seconds. Bronze went to another Britt Laura Deas who was just 0.17 seconds out of the silver medal. Yarnolds was second before the fourth runs 0.02 behind Austria’s Janine Flock but a new track record in the final run allowed her to retain her gold medal….

Tweet Evgeni Vakov and Zuzanna Marciniak bring you all the action from day seven of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games. Dom Parsons won Britain’s first medal of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games taking bronze in the men’s skeleton. If you have just woken up 🌅 we’re pleased to say that @domparsons has secured Team GB’s first medal with 🥉 in the skeleton! Make sure you check out the highlights on @BBCSport or @Eurosport_UK #WeAreTheGreat 🇬🇧 pic.twitter.com/FTeXFHnACB — Team GB (@TeamGB) February 16, 2018 The race however was all…

Tweet Evgeni Vakov and Zuzanna Marciniak bring you all the action from day six of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games. Norway finally won their first men’s downhill gold medal thanks to 35-years-old veteran Aksel Lund Svindal, who also is now the oldest Olympic alpine gold medallist Svindal edged compatriot Kjetil Jansrud by 0.12 seconds while current world champion Beat Feuz from Switzerland finished a further 0.06 behind. Sochi winner Matthias Mayer from Austria did not manage to repeat his performance from four years ago and finished in ninth place….

Culture

Tweet It’s that time of year again where people have made their New Year’s resolutions and are now waiting for all the best festival line-ups to be announced; we have some great news… Spring Break Amsterdam Festival have released their incredible 2018 line-up for the three-day metro-festival. The acts revealed include Chase & Status (DJ set), Shy FX, Wiley, General Levy, Big Narstie and High Contrast, plus many more. The festival takes place on Sunday 8th, Monday 9th and Tuesday 10th April and tickets are already selling extremely fast. The…

Tweet It’s almost Christmas and a spontaneous trip lends you 24 hours to explore Munich, the capital of Bavaria, so what does one do? If you are anything like me, you get on the old interweb and do a spot of investigating as you pass the journey to Gatwick at ridiculous o’clock in the morning. Recent news stories have lowered Tripadvisor in your estimation, so you delve a little further. Travel and food writers are my ubiquitous go-to. I want to see the sights and get a flavour of München in…

Tweet Many vegans and activists for the cause have been likened to that of extremist cults, but this is not the case at all. As a student recently starting my course and living in Eastbourne, I was astounded by how alien the lifestyle of residents here appears to that of Brighton. Neighbour to one of the most vegan friendly recognised cities in the UK, Eastbourne seems to have so little acknowledgement for the dietary movement and the benefits it evokes. This lack of awareness stirred up confusion in my mind and…

Following the recent release of their album, Our Pleasure, the no-frills-attached notorious Canadian four-piece punk rock band Single Mothers hit the Green Door Store in Brighton on November 15 as part of their UK/Europe tour.